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mikelewis

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1. Quantum Computing tries to create easier methods of doing math...
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 10:01 AM
Dec 29

For now, they are focused on Wavefunctions to solve math problems. You load all the data into a bunch of registers and hit a button... the wave collapses to a solution that would have taken hours or years to solve.

It's very cool but very expensive.

I would argue a little unnecessary as you can emulate most of that but well... I don't have millions of dollars to waste.

I would recommend saving your money if you intend to buy one but realistically, if you intend to buy one, my opinion is nonsense.

Though it does mean the RSA security is dead... not dying. Dead. If a wave function can collapse a factor then it's an equation. If it's an equation, we can solve it with a pencil once we know what it is... with Quantum Proof that there is an equation... well, the trick is only to find it or build it.

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